How to Use kerchief in a Sentence

kerchief

noun

• After crafting multiple sick rhymes about Barry Keoghan’s junk, summon wee faeries to mop brow with silken kerchief.
  — Johanna Gohmann, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2024
• Then one of them helped herself to the $110 in gold in the kerchief wrapped around his leg.
  — James Karst, NOLA.com, 25 June 2017
• Rushing around with a white apron tied around my waist and a red kerchief on my head.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2022
• One features a black Labrador dog with a red kerchief tied around its neck.
  — Ariel Dorfman, The New York Review of Books, 13 Mar. 2020
• The men wore good suits, some with a neat kerchief poked into a breast pocket.
  — Mary Schmich, chicagotribune.com, 23 Mar. 2018
• The Western look is finished off with a pink neck kerchief and a pair of white and gray cowboy boots.
  — Nicola Fumo, EW.com, 12 July 2023
• Keep your hair out of your face and look cute while doing it with a floral kerchief.
  — Briannah Rivera, Seventeen, 31 Jan. 2023
• He was dressed in jeans, plaid shirt adorned by a sheriff’s badge, cowboy hat and boots and a kerchief around his neck.
  — Jane Napier Neely, La Cañada Valley Sun, 9 Oct. 2017
• The teen wore a black suit and blue bow tie and matching blue kerchief, but kept the look modern with a pair of bright white sneakers.
  — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 11 June 2023
• The singer appeared with a kerchief slung around his neck and folks clustering around him with little room to spare.
  — Ben Flanagan | [e-mail], al, 5 Dec. 2020
• In 1989, for example, the brand removed the kerchief from the Aunt Jemima figure.
  — Beth Kowitt, Fortune, 17 June 2020
• Maybe your Fair Isle sweater will be topped off with ski goggles and a colorful hair kerchief?
  — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2021
• Wearing colorful kerchiefs, blouses, skirts and aprons, the women sat on one side across from the men.
  — Dan Bilefsky, New York Times, 4 June 2023
• In the basement, members with colorful kerchiefs tied around their heads bag nuts and spices, price cuts of meat, and chisel blocks of cheese.
  — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2019
• Instead, Lloyd Palmatier, a gray-haired man wearing a black face mask and a white kerchief tied around his neck, shuffled down the steps to greet the pair.
  — Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Aug. 2020
• For dessert, there are crepes folded like kerchiefs and diner-style waffles.
  — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2016
• Today, old ladies wearing kerchiefs and crocheted skirts navigate the road with canes and a slow step.
  — Liz Alderman, New York Times, 9 July 2019
• To make the mask, the actor says to start by laying out your kerchief face down on a flat surface, folding down the top and bottom halves to meet in the center of the fabric.
  — Gabrielle Chung, PEOPLE.com, 3 Apr. 2020
• Layer a beige dress over a striped long-sleeve tee and pair of white tights, slip on black Mary Jane ballet flats, and accessorize with a blue striped kerchief.
  — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 22 June 2023
• Who doesn’t love seeing a dog wearing a jaunty kerchief?
  — Christine Hayes, USA TODAY, 25 June 2020
• Surveillance footage shows the robber, who wears a black kerchief over part of his face, walk into the donut shop about 30 seconds into the video and pull out a gun.
  — Laura McKnight, NOLA.com, 24 Apr. 2018
• An older guy in his corporate uniform of blue button down and black dress pants wiped a bead of sweat off his brow with a kerchief.
  — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 21 June 2018
• Chachu clears his throat, his attention drifting to my braids, one over each shoulder, then to the green kerchief tied behind my bangs.
  — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 25 Aug. 2021
• Andy Daily, 50, a longtime sand sculptor from Sarasota, Fla., secured an ice pack to the back of his neck with a kerchief.
  — Bailey Allen, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2022
• The soup’s cloudy beef broth obscures noodles and kerchiefs of meat waiting just below the surface, with salt and green onions and gochugaru close by for seasoning .
  — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024
• An elderly woman in kerchief and apron spread a cloth on the sidewalk to display a few scallions and bottles of milk and yogurt.
  — Frances D’emilio, chicagotribune.com, 4 Oct. 2019
• LaTray, 47, wears a long black braid over her shoulder, silver hoop earrings, vest and kerchief, and square-toed cowboy boots.
  — National Geographic, 16 Jan. 2020
• Put a Scarf on It Scarf dressing has emerged as a major ready-to-wear trend, but the idea of turning a silk kerchief into a seasonal must-have doesn’t end with your dress.
  — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2018
• Some of them are wearing pink or chartreuse fuzzy overcoats and five-year-old ankle-strap shoes and have their hair up in pin curls underneath kerchiefs.
  — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2023
• His look is finished off with a white cowboy hat and matching white cowboy boots — plus a hot pink neck kerchief, just like Western Barbie's.
  — Nicola Fumo, EW.com, 12 July 2023

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024